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HHS Special Education students spent Nov. 30 filling paper bags with dirts and then lining New Mexico Junior College walkways with luminarios - a traditional Southwestern Christmas decoration.
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Haley Ankerholz is congratulated by her mother after she qualified for state competition during the Nov. 29 district swim meet.
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The Mike Smith basketball era began with a home victory against Midland on Nov. 29 in Tasker Arena, Smith's former coach.
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The Lady Eagles kicked off their season at home with a 61-49 victory over Odessa Permian on Nov. 28.
Freshmen English students acted out commercials to advertise books that they were reading for a class lesson on Nov. 17.
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Mills kindergartners took a brief but angelic nap during their American Education Week performance on Nov. 18.
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Taylor fifth-graders portrayed famous scientists during a schoolwide assembly Nov. 11.
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After spending a week studying Elizabethan England, Mills fifth-graders performed Shakespeare on Nov. 4.